Development of a hospital deprescribing implementation framework: A focus group study with geriatricians and pharmacists.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:over 50% of older people in hospital are prescribed a pre-admission medicine that is potentially inappropriate; however, deprescribing by geriatricians and pharmacists is limited. This study aimed to characterise geriatricians' and pharmacists' barriers and enablers to deprescribing in hospital. It also intended to develop a framework of intervention components to facilitate implementation of hospital deprescribing. METHODS:fifty-four geriatricians and pharmacists representing four UK hospitals attended eight focus groups. We designed a topic guide to invite discussions about barriers and enablers to deprescribing. After thematic analysis, themes were mapped to the theoretical domains framework (TDF), enabling prioritisation of domains for behaviour change. We then identified ev

SUBMITTER: Scott S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6939289 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature